Design for Brougham, no. 3496
1879
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic and metallic ink
Dimensions
sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 3/16 in. (17 x 23.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.244
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century luxury transport with *Design for Brougham no. 3496* by Brewster & Co., a masterful 1879 rendering from the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints collection. This delicate drawing captures a sleek brougham—a closed, four-wheeled carriage favored by the elite for its refined privacy and style. At just 6 11/16 x 9 3/16 inches, it showcases the firm's meticulous design process for custom vehicles commissioned by America's Gilded Age aristocracy. Brewster & Co., New York's premier carriage makers since the early 1800s, epitomized craftsmanship in...
About the Artist
Brewster & Co.
**Brewster & Co.** Brewster & Company, a premier American coachbuilder renowned for its exquisite carriage designs, was established in 1810 in New Haven, Connecticut, by James Brewster (1788–1866). Born in 1788, Brewster trained as a wagonmaker's apprentice starting at age 16 in Northampton, Massachusetts, before relocating to New Haven, where he set up his workshop and quickly gained acclaim for...